In 2025, Prospect Heights collected more than $390,00. Morton Grove reaped more than $442,000. Wheeling secured more than $679,000, and Niles has pulled in more than $1 million.
Skokie presumably stands to benefit from a surge of new revenue within that range each year if it were to permit video gaming terminals, or electronic slot machines, within its borders, like those neighboring suburbs did after the state legalized the business in 2012.
But members of the Village Board during a Committee of the Whole discussion on Monday, June 15, expressed concerns about the moral implications and practical challenges of allowing the gambling machines, which are currently banned from Skokie bars and establishments. Evanston, Wilmette and Glenview also do not allow gaming.
